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linguistics, language revitalization, Spanish linguistics, sociolinguistics, nahuat, pipil
El Salvador

Biography

Jorge Lemus is a linguist working in the documentation, maintenance, and revitalization of endangered languages. He received his Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Arizona, with a specialization in phonology and linguistic anthropology. He is currently a linguistics professor and researcher in the School of Languages and Education at University Don Bosco (UDB), El Salvador. He is also the director and editor of Científica, a multidisciplinary scientific journal. He has been codirector of the PhD program in Social Sciences and director of research at UDB. In addition, he has been a professor at Universidad de El Salvador and a visiting professor at Penn State University, the University of the Basque Country, the University of Sonora, California State University at Sacramento and the Public University of Navarra. He has been a guest lecturer in several European countries, Japan, Israel, USA, Mexico, Central and South America. He is a founding member of the Central American Association of Linguistics and he is currently deputy director of the Salvadoran Academy of Language, corresponding to the Royal Spanish Academy. In 2010, he was awarded El Salvador's National Culture Prize for his extensive work with the country's indigenous communities and his efforts to safeguard their languages and cultures and assist them in the long process of reclaiming their rights as peoples. Professor Lemus has published numerous books and articles related to language revitalization, theoretical linguistics, and the Spanish language, as well as textbooks for learning endangered languages. One of his most successful grassroots projects is the early language immersion program for children ages 3-5 known as Cuna Nahuat, currently active in three indigenous communities in western El Salvador. The program is run by elderly native Pipil Nahua-speaking women. The main objective of the Cuna Nahuat is to form a replacement generation of Nahuat speakers and thus prevent the language from becoming extinct.

Activities

Employment (3)

Universidad Don Bosco: Soyapango, San Salvador, SV

2003-07 to present | Director (Research Department)
Employment
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Universidad de El Salvador: San Salvador, SV

1994-01 to 2003-06 | Linguistics Professor (Department of Foreign Languages)
Employment
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University of Arizona: Tucson, AZ, US

1990-01 to 1992-12 | GAT (Linguistics Department)
Employment
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Arizona: Tucson, AZ, US

1991-08 to 1996-12-20 | Ph.D. (Linguistics)
Education
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University of Arizona: Tucson, AZ, US

1988-08-20 to 1991-12-20 | M.A. (Linguistics)
Education
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Universidad Evangélica de El Salvador: San Salvador, San Salvador, SV

1982-07-01 to 1988-06 | Licenciado (Departamento de Idiomas)
Education
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Professional activities (6)

Academia Salvadoreña de la Lengua: San Salvador, San salvador, SV

2012-04-25 to present | Permanent (San Salvador)
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Asociación Centroamericana de Linguistica: Heredia, Heredia, CR

2009-08-05 to present | Founder
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Universidad Pública de Navarra: Pamplona, Navarra, ES

2017-03-15 to 2017-05-15 | Profesor Visitante (Departamento de Filología y Didáctica de la Lengua)
Invited position
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Republica de El Salvador: San Salvador, San Salvador, SV

2010-11-05 | Premio Nacional de Cultura (San Salvador)
Distinction
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Universidad del País Vasco - Campus de Álava: Vitoria Gasteiz, País Vasco, ES

2010-09-01 to 2010-10-30 | Profesor visitante (Linguistica)
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Penn State: University Park, PA, US

2003-01-01 to 2003-06-30 | Visiting Professor (Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese)
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Works (14)

El posible origen náhuatl del hipocorístico “guanaco” aplicado a los salvadoreños

ECA: Estudios Centroamericanos
2019-06-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0014-1445
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Jorge Lemus

Revitalizing pipil: The cuna nahuat experience

The Routledge Handbook of Language Revitalization
2018 | Book chapter
EID:

2-s2.0-85046922787

Contributors: Lemus, J.E.
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Jorge Lemus via Scopus - Elsevier

El pueblo pipil y su lengua: de vuelta a la vida

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Jorge Lemus

¡Matitakezakan Nawat!

2014 | Book
ISBN:

978-99923-50-59-1

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Jorge Lemus

Definiendo al indígena salvadoreño

Wani
2012-10-31 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2308-7862
Part of ISSN: 1813-369X
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Un modelo de revitalización lingüística: el caso del náhuat/ pipil de El Salvador

Wani
2012-10-31 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2308-7862
Part of ISSN: 1813-369X
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Jorge Lemus

Atlas sociolingüístico de pueblos indígenas en América Latina

2009 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN:

978-92-806-4491-3

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Jorge Lemus

Fonología

2008 | Book
ISBN:

978-99923-50-13-3

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Revitalizing indigenous languages: the case of Pipil in El Salvador

Unpublished
2003 | Journal article
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Jorge Lemus

Fonología métrica del pipil

Memorias IV Congreso Lingüístico/I Simposio "Pueblos indígenas de El Salvador y sus fronteras"
1999 | Book chapter
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Jorge Lemus

Alfabeto pipil: una propuesta

Estudios Lingüísticos
1997 | Book chapter
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Jorge Lemus

Formación de palabras y léxico pipil

Estudios Lingüísticos
1997 | Book chapter
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Phonology at Two Levels: A New Model of Lexical Phonology

1997 | Journal article
OTHER-ID:

5613081

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Jorge Lemus via MLA International Bibliography

Phonology at two levels: a new model of lexical phonology

1996-12 | Dissertation or Thesis
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